The sixth annual Rally in the Valley "Dinner Auction and Purple Tie Affair" presented by the Panther Scholarship Club and the University of Northern Iowa will take place April 26 in the McLeod Center.

This year's featured guest speaker is former UNI Director of Athletics and current Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowslby. A native of Waterloo, Bowlsby served as UNI's A.D. from 1984-1991. He has also served as A.D. at Iowa and Stanford before taking over as the Big 12 Commissioner in 2012.